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Overview

All of these tutorials are written using Windows 10 Professional, PowerShell 5.1, Pester, and Visual Studio Code. Here are the specifics.

• Windows 10 Professional, Version 1703
• PowerShell 5.1.15063.608
• Pester 4.0.8
• Visual Studio Code 1.16.1

While detailed setup instructions might come later, here are a few notes.

PowerShell

• Install Pester (need to run as Admin)
• Install Solarized color scheme

Pester

• Seems the default install-module needs admin access. As of this writing, I'm a novice. I'll eventually not install these in "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules"

Visual Studio Code

Modules I've installed:

• Powershell 1.4.3
• Vim 0.10.1

Set up custom tasks to run pester. One will run all tests, while the other will run only the current Pester .tests.ps1 file. To update,

• Select the Tasks Menu,
• Then Configure Tasks
• If this is the first time you've configured tasks, select Other as the template to use.
• Finally, paste the following JSON into the custom tasks window
  

  {
      // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
      // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
      "version": "2.0.0",
      "_runner": "terminal",
      "windows" : {
          "command":"powershell.exe"
      },
      "presentation": {
          "reveal": "always",
          "panel": "new"
      },
      "tasks": [
          {
              "taskName": "Run.AllTests",
              "type": "shell",
              "command": "Invoke-Pester",
              "problemMatcher": [
                  "$pester"
              ],
              "presentation": {
                  "echo": true,
                  "reveal": "always",
                  "focus": false,
                  "panel": "dedicated"
              }
          },
          {
              "taskName": "Run.CurrentFile",
              "type": "shell",
              "command": "Invoke-Pester",
              "args": [
                  "${file}"
              ],
              "problemMatcher": [
                  "$pester"
              ],
              "presentation": {
                  "echo": true,
                  "reveal": "always",
                  "focus": false,
                  "panel": "dedicated"
              }
          }
      ]
  }

Custom key bindings to run the custom tasks:

• Select File::Preferences::Keyboard Shortcuts
• Next, click on the link at the top of the window for keybindings.json
• The left window contains the default values. Edit the right window to override the default values. Copy the following key bindings:
  

  [{
      "key": "ctrl+shift+alt+t",
      "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
      "args": "Run.AllTests",
      "when": "editorTextFocus"
  },
  {
      "key": "ctrl+shift+alt+f",
      "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
      "args": "Run.CurrentFile",
      "when": "editorTextFocus"
  }
  ]

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